 The hunting season for Kenai Peninsula brown bears in units 7 and 15 will close by emergency order on Thursday, June 27th at 1159 p.m. for both residents and non-residents and will remain closed for the remainder of the 2024 calendar year. These emergency orders close the brown bear season for the remainder of the 2024 calendar year and will expire on December 31st, 2024. The season will reopen on January 1st, 2025.